After dinner, I hear someone calling me in the playroom.........Need I say more?!!
Monday, December 13, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Our Get Together
The Sunday after Thanksgiving, we had four couples over from church.....this get together had actually been planned since late September. It was important to me to be able to have people over, and so I tried to plan far enough in advance to allow everyone to make it!
It turned out, it fell on the day of my friend's birthday.....so, she was definately gracious enough to still come and share the evening with all of us. It was fun eating together, and playing a game but, just mainly getting to visit with one another. We also had a house full of kids, and I have to say thank you to our older kids in taking on the task of keeping the younger ones entertained! We did not tell them to, they just sort of did it and by them doing that, it allowed all of us adults to have a great time together. So, thank you kids!!!!
Last Friday, we made our way to Becca's Christmas school program.... she had the lead role and honestly, did a great job! She was very poised on stage and if she was nervous, she sure didn't show it! Great Job!
December is always a month filled with activities and business, but as I was reminded last night, making the effort to stay connected as a family means taking a time out sometimes! Between Joel working late once a week, and Ashleigh in cheer almost every day, it's a difficult task for us..... BUT, earlier in the week Joel sent myself, and the kids an Evite for "family time". I thought it was a creative alternative to just saying, "ok be there Thurs, we're having family time."
I had really wanted more time spent together as a family, and not allow everyone's schedules to take over our lives! For those of you that already do something consistently with your kids, I think that is so great! We have a prayer/suggestion box that the kids were in charge of decorating and each one of us will be taking a turn as to how the evening will go
. Last night, part of the evening we looked up the word "respect" and talked about different areas of that. It's sometimes easy to get annoyed with those people who may not have the same viewpoint we do, or even similar personalities. We were reminded to still respect them and also have a respect for those older than us.
Ok, all that to say, when you "pull the plug" on electronics for the evening, you would be surprised at what conversations you can have as a family! Wow, I found that out last night.....we have some "deep thinkers" amongst our kids, and I was very blessed by that....... I'm looking forward to leading it next!
Have a wonderful weekend!
My friend Amy, and her husband and one of their twins (partially) :)
Amy's mom brought brownies for the kids and strawberry cheesecake for her b-day!
This is our pastor's dad-Gary and their youngest grand daughter :)
Our pastor John (looking a little scruffy :) ) and his wife Heather
Quinn lighting the candle.
Quinn having TOO MUCH FUN lighting the candle!!
Casey and Camden last Friday night.
Miss Becca, looking quite grown up!
Ashleigh and her daddy :)
Holli and the twins last Friday.
Becca and Miss Mikaila.
One of Ashleigh's nice poses!!
It turned out, it fell on the day of my friend's birthday.....so, she was definately gracious enough to still come and share the evening with all of us. It was fun eating together, and playing a game but, just mainly getting to visit with one another. We also had a house full of kids, and I have to say thank you to our older kids in taking on the task of keeping the younger ones entertained! We did not tell them to, they just sort of did it and by them doing that, it allowed all of us adults to have a great time together. So, thank you kids!!!!
Last Friday, we made our way to Becca's Christmas school program.... she had the lead role and honestly, did a great job! She was very poised on stage and if she was nervous, she sure didn't show it! Great Job!
December is always a month filled with activities and business, but as I was reminded last night, making the effort to stay connected as a family means taking a time out sometimes! Between Joel working late once a week, and Ashleigh in cheer almost every day, it's a difficult task for us..... BUT, earlier in the week Joel sent myself, and the kids an Evite for "family time". I thought it was a creative alternative to just saying, "ok be there Thurs, we're having family time."
I had really wanted more time spent together as a family, and not allow everyone's schedules to take over our lives! For those of you that already do something consistently with your kids, I think that is so great! We have a prayer/suggestion box that the kids were in charge of decorating and each one of us will be taking a turn as to how the evening will go
. Last night, part of the evening we looked up the word "respect" and talked about different areas of that. It's sometimes easy to get annoyed with those people who may not have the same viewpoint we do, or even similar personalities. We were reminded to still respect them and also have a respect for those older than us.
Ok, all that to say, when you "pull the plug" on electronics for the evening, you would be surprised at what conversations you can have as a family! Wow, I found that out last night.....we have some "deep thinkers" amongst our kids, and I was very blessed by that....... I'm looking forward to leading it next!
Have a wonderful weekend!
My friend Amy, and her husband and one of their twins (partially) :)
Amy's mom-Sherry
This is our pastor's dad-Gary and their youngest grand daughter :)
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